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DRAINAGE & SEWERAGE. Owing to the restrictions imposed
"By war conditions, no reconstruction work or new
constructions have been carried out, either at the Sewage
Works or in connection with the main drainage system.
REFUSE COLLECTION AND SCAVENGING. The collection and
disposal of house refuse and salvage, together with the
scavenging of public highways, is carried out under the
supervision of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor. The
work has been executed in a satisfactory manner.
RIVERS AND STREAMS. The streams frith in the Borough have
been maintained in a satisfactory condition.
CLOSET ACCOMMODATION. There are 15 cesspools in use.
Some six pail closets and one privy are in use, excluding
pail and chemical closets used in connection with Civil
Defence Services.
In the past fourteen years, 156 premises, originally with
cesspool drainage, have been connected to sewers.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR UNDER ART .27
OF THE SANITARY OFFICERS (OUTSIDE LONDON)
REGULATIONS, 1935.
On the grounds of economy and in accordance with the
wishes of the Ministry of Health, the Report of the Chief
Sanitary Inspector on Sanitary circumstances. Housing, Food
Supply, etc., (pages 7 - 17), has been condensed
RECORD OF INSPECTIONS AND NOTICES SERVED.
Number.
Special Inspections, Interviews on
mises, and Advisory Visits 1642
Re-inspections 2800
Visits to Works in Progress 595
Visits to Factories and workplaces 303
Visits to Bakehouses 49
Visits to Outworkers' Premises 44
Visits to Slaughterhouses 29
Visits to Butchers' and Food Shops 635
Visits to Dairies and Milkshops 93
Visits to Ice Cream Premises and Vehicles 115
Visits to Stables 13
Visits to Pigsties 41
Visits re Rat Infestation 973
Food and Drug Sample Visits 198
Visits re H.C.N. Regulations 5
Visits re Merchandise Marks Act 6
Visits in connection with Infectious Disease 188
Visits re Overcrowding and "Permitted
Number" Measurements 19
Visits to Petroleum Spirit and Cinematograph
Film Stores 99
Visits to Ponds and Ditches 12
Smoke Observations 5
Visits and Revisits re Shops Acts 321
Miscellaneous 1044
9229
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